Resilient supporter



Nl. MCOREY. A RESILIENT SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED 0m17.191s.

1,364,427, Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

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UNITED STATES MATT M. COREY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RESILIENT SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 4, 1921.

Application filed Gctober 17, 1919. Serial No. 331,344.

To all .whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MATT M. Conny, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in resilient supporting devices of a type designed for use in connection with Suspenders, shoulder braces, garters, belts, garment and stocking supporters, waist-bands and the like, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, combination and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a resilient supporter of the above named general character, which shall be extremely simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable, compact in form, etticient in operation and attractive in appearance, with its parts so made, arranged and operating, that it will, when used in connection with the desired structure, afford an elastic or yielding property thereto, thus obviating the necessity of the employment of the usual rubber webbing.

Another object of the invention is to reduce the number of the parts of the device to a minimum and to make them of such construction that they may be easily assembled, and that the cost of manufacture will be greatly reduced.

A further object is to furnish a housingl 'or casing for the movable member of the device, and the actuating spring therefor, which shall be so constructed as to permit of free longitudinal movement of said member and the contraction and expansion of the spring, yet, will hold and guide them in such a way as to prevent lateral or wabbling movement thereof, to the end, that the highest efficiency of the spring will beattaineu and accidental disarrangement of the parts prevented.

Other objects and advantages of the iuvention will be disclosed in the following description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing, which serves to illustrate an embodiment of 'the invention- Figure 1 is a front face view of the supporter showing, by dotted lines, it attached to a portion of a pair of Suspenders and as A supporting a garment of any suitable kind.

Fig. 2 is a rear'face view of like parts.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 but showing the casing or housing for the spring in section.

Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the blank or piece of material out of which the housing or casing for the spring or movable member is formed.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of a modied form of the movable member of the supporter.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

In the present instance, I have shown the supporter as being used in connection with a suspender such as are used for supporting trousers or overalls and illustrating the device in the act of supporting such a garment, but it will be understood that the device .can be used on belts, waistbands, garters, or in connection with various kinds of structures or wearing apparel where it is desired to impart elasticity or resiliency thereto.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive 0I the drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates as a whole the casing or housing of the supporter which is made of a single piece of sheet metal as is clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing. In its blank form, the sheet of metal out of which the casing 10 is formed is substantially rectangular in shape, but has at one of its ends an extension 1l or tongue which is bent to form the tubular bearing 12 for a loop-like member 13, to which the suspender 14 or other article in connection with which the supporter is used, may be secured in any suitable manner.

In the present instance, however, the suspender 14 is shown as being connected to the loop member 13 by means of a buckle 15 of the ordinary construction, the prongs 16 of the loop member 13 forming a part of said k located and serves for a rest or stop for one end of a spiral spring 18, which is located in the casing and extended longitudinally thereof as is clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawing. The sheet of metal out of which the casing 10 is formed is provided longitudinally in one of its faces with a trough-like groove or depression 19, which is produced by stamping or pressing the longitudinal middle portion of the'v sheet outwardly, as will be readilunderstood by reference to Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing.

Near each of its side edges the plate out of which the casing 10 is formed is provided with a longitudinal groove or recess 2O which is produced by stamping or pressing said portions outwardly. The sides of the sheet of metal forming the casing are bent inwardly between the edges of the trough or groove 19 and the adjacent edges of the recesses or grooves 2O so that the edges will meet or approximate each other as is clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing.

By this arrangement it is apparent that the casing or container for the movable member 21 of the supporter and the actuating spring 18 therefor will be provided with guideways for said member and spring, the groove 19 and the opposing grooves 2O :torming the guideway or receptacle for the spring while the curved sides of the casing 10 will furnish guides for the prongs 22 of the movable member. As shown, the movable member 21 is made of a single piece of wire bent approximately back upon itself at about its middle thus forming two prongs 22 the portions of which adapted to be located in the casing 10 being arranged in parallelism with one another while the portions of said prongs outwardly of the cas- 'ing or adjacent thereto are diverged as at 23 and then bent inwardly or contracted toward the juncture of said prongs to form a loop 2/1 to engage a button 25 or other fastening device on the garment 26 to be j supported by the supporter.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that one of the prongs 22 is provided at its end within the casing 10 with a laterally eX- tended arm 27 which rests 'on the end of the spring 18'adjacent to the bearing 12, so that when the supporter is subjected to stress or strain, the member 21 will be permitted to move outwardly against the tension of the spring 18.

l/Vhile l have shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive the movable member 21 as being provided with a looped outer end or portion of the shape above described, yet it will be understood that'said member may be provided with any suitable engaging means at its outer portion, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and in Fig. 6 of the drawing, I have shown a modified form of the movable member which con sists in forming it of a single piece of wire with parallel prongs 22 as in the other construction, but with a hook 28 on its outer or lower portion .for engagement fith the strap of a suspender or any other suitable device.

By my improvements it is manifest that a resilient supporter of compact form, attractive appearance and of few parts will be provided, and one that can be used for connecting together the ends of belts or waistbands, as well as, for supporting garments of various kinds. Furthermore, it is apparent that the outwardly curved sides of the casing provide guideways for the prongs 22 of the movable member in such a way as to prevent any movement thereof, eX- cept longitudinally, and that as the spring 18 is located between said prongs in the guideway therefor, formed by the grooves 19 and 20, for free expansion and contraction, the parts will be operatively held against accidental dislocation, and that the arm 2T on one of the prongs of the movable member extends almost entirely across the casing between the faces thereof, said member will be held against wabbling or twisting movement. j

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is*- A resilient supporter consisting of a casing made of a single piece of material and having integral therewith at one of its ends a bearing extended therefrom and at its other end integral therewith an inward eX tension, said casing having` in the inner surface of its opposed faces longitudinally extended grooves, a movable member having a pair of parallel spaced apart prongs located in the casing, one of said prongs having at its free end a laterally extended arm, detachable fastening means on the outer ends of said prongs, and a coiled spring located in said grooves of the casing between the prongs of the movable member and resting at one of its ends against said inward extension and at its other end on the arm of one of said prongs.

MATT M. COREY. 

